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MÁRIO
MACILAU
(b. 1984, Mozambique)
Mário Macilau is a multi-disciplinary artist
mostly known for his photography. He started
his journey as a photographer at the age of
14, when he shot a woman selling cassava in
a street market using a borrowed camera. In
2007, he traded his mother's cell phone for his
first camera.
Macilau’s specialty is long-term photography;
he produces projects centered around time,
space, Man, human labour, and social injustice
in the context of the passage of time. For him,
photography has the power to display the truth,
to develop social consciousness, and create a
wider perception of the world.